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view of the Court of the Lions.
I wonder what it is like to live in modern-day Andalusia, which has some of the most impressive Muslim architecture in the world. Including the Alhambra palace in Granada, and the Mezquita (mosque now turned cathedral) in Cordoba.
It must be disconcerting to be surrounded by such beautiful Muslim architecture, even if many of them have lost their original functions, or have been converted to Christian ones.
There must also be a strong culinary and linguistic inheritance, as well as an ethnic Arabic presence.
Islam is a strong religion, and requires a strong counter-faith and tradition to keep it at bay. I wonder if modern Spaniards have that kind of strength of character? Which really means are they strong enough Christians.
The autonomous Spanish city of Melilla in North African (near Morocco) recently recognized Aid el Kebir as an official Muslim holiday for the first time since the Reconcquista.
